MCAS Cherry Point News

191024-M-WM087-0426.JPG - Single Marine Program (SMP) representatives conduct a SMP council meeting at the Roadhouse, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, Oct. 24, 2019. The SMP has a council of Marines made up of representatives from every unit across MCAS Cherry Point who come together monthly to discuss the quality of life of Marines in their units and how they can improve it. They also present new ideas for volunteer opportunities and events for the SMP. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

190515-M-MH051-0016.JPG - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason Davids, a military police officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, instructs a class about firing an M-9 service pistol during a pistol range at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 15, 2019. The Marines training to become a part of SAF go through numerous courses to become highly qualified assets. Marines in Security Augmentation Force training are required to qualify on the pistol range as well as participate in defensive tactics training, a gate procedures class, vehicle search training and qualify for level one contamination with oleoresin capsicum spray. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

200115-M-WM087-0223.JPG - Marine volunteers with the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Single Marine Program (SMP) clean up debris during a volunteer event in Pollocksville, North Carolina, Jan. 15, 2020. The Marines spent the day cleaning debris from yards and the roofs of houses that were impacted by severe flooding during Hurricane Florence. This volunteer event is just one of many that the SMP hosts to give back to the surrounding communities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)

200108-M-ZE543-0012.JPG - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. James L. Robertson, sergeant major of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, reviews Marine Administrative Messages in his office at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 8, 2020. Robertson was previously the sergeant major for Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, before being reassigned as the sergeant major of MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

200109-M-WM087-0441.JPG - Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Troy E. Black speaks with teachers assigned to the Child Development Center (CDC) during a visit to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 9, 2020. This tour included speaking with staff assigned to Marine Corps Community Services Cherry Point and Marine and Family Programs to discuss resources available to Marines, Sailors, civilians and their families with additional stops at the Devil Dog Gym, the Marine Warrior Library and the Child Development Center. Black also took time to visit the chow hall and speak with Marines about upcoming changes around the Corps before visiting base housing to discuss quality of life concerns and Atlantic Marine Corps Communities housing’s responsibilities to the installation’s patrons. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew King)